I'm stubborn. There's just no other way of putting it.  One would think that after several less than successful tries of trying...

A number of months ago, I snapped a photo on Fuji FP-100C Instant Peel Apart Film, and was particularly pleased with the results that I obt...

Shooters of the 35mm format seem to get all the perks cheaply.  For under $20, one can easily pickup any of a wide number of choices for a ...

Stubbornness is considered an inherited trait, and is one to which I can readily admit having. I show it at work and in my family life, but...

" You know, we once made stuff here. " It's a common refrain still prevalent among older Americans, and is something that...

At what point is a vintage camera review no longer a review?  Perhaps when your main objective is simply trying to get an image under when ...

I'm not a photographer.  Though I may occasionally use my "Spidey Senses" and put forth some wonderful results, I'm not ...

Surprises can be a very good thing, particularly when they fill an unmet need or want. I had just won one of those "bulk" camera...

The morning of May 26, 2017 dawned in Frederick with a surprising amount of sunshine compared to the days which had proceeded it. Today was ...

When it comes to color film, there have been Kodak loyalists, Fuji Loyalists, and those who just like shooting film regardless of who made i...

Some things take work to get right, be they relationships, recipes, or simply routines.  And while instant gratification can be a wonderful...

Ever shot a photo with one hand with the other bracing a pole?  Over a blind fence? Panning a moving subject due to a slow shutter speed? O...

About the best barometer of a camera collector's affinity towards a particular example in his active collection would be the number of ...

T he great thing about having a hobby shooting film in classic film cameras, and making the world aware of it is that eventually, someone w...

Some ideas take a long while to come to fruition, and by the time they do, they often take on a largely different context from their origina...

As dusk descended upon the historic town of Frederick, the man set his trusty 1947 vintage Kodak Bantam atop his tripod facing a scene of in...

When Univex introduced the AF-3 in 1936, it was promoted as having a "Color Corrected Duo Achromatic" Lens.  This is fittingly iro...

Periodically, I'll be posting scans of some complete rolls of film on here, showing both the good and the bad, and giving some basic inf...

I just expended time, effort, and brain cells (Ok, that last part may be debatable) to reason why an SR-T 200 is for all intents and purpos...

To ponder and postulate the perils of my predicament was particularly problematic.  Phooey! Sure I'm a "camera collector," b...